Fire-extinguishing composition, &amp;c.



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lll niren States Patented November 29., 1904:-

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SALLIE TAYLOR BOYD, OF NEAR GLAfiGOW, KENTUCKY.

, SPEGIFEGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 776,011, dated November 29, 1904;. Application filed August 12, 190i. Serial No. 220,532. (No specimens.)

To colt whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SALLiE TAYLO Born, a citizen of the United States, residing near Glasgow, an incorporated city in the county of Barren and State of Kentucky, have "in-- rented a new and useful Discovery to Extinguish Fire and Gerrnicide of Catarrh, 8w, Composition of Matter, of which the following is a specification.

" This invention relates to a composition of character-that is to say, whether caused by burning wood or from oily substances and which when employed as a germicide will be thoroughly efi'ective in destroying the germs contained in. expectorated matter from persons suffering with catarrh, pneumonia, consumption, or other infectious germ diseases.

The composition of matter is composed'oi' the following ingredients, by weight: water, eight thousand pounds; sodium chlorid, seven hundred and fifty pounds; sifted wood-ashes, five hundred pounds; concentrated lye, two hundred and fifty pounds. These ingredients are thoroughly mixed and placed in a suitable tank from which they may be drawn when necessary. W hen used for extingi'uishing fire, the extinguishing property of the compound is materially enhanced by the addition thereto of crushed ice in the proportion of five hundred pounds to the proportions 2 bove stated. The mostessential ingredient of thecornpound stated is the concentrated lye, ithaving been discovered that by mixing this vlith'soft water alone it inakes a; most efiiciei it fire-extinguisher and may be employed wilyhout the sodium chlorid and wood-ashes unclpr some coni ditions, especially where the feed iii? the liquid will be by gravity; but where a foriz'ze-fe'ed, such as from an engine, is employed the other ingredients above named w illbe includerll. The function of the lhere the compo und his used upon fires originating from oleegi-nous substances is that of a saponiiier, and, as will lte apparent, n the oily matter be seponiiied' :1 ts combustible properties areacoordingly lessened, it not en:

tirely destroyed, its use, therefore, will be exceedingly valuable in extinguishing fires from floors that are oil-soaked or where in a fire oil is liberated and falls upon a floor. The functions of the above-named ingredients are as follows: Water of course forms the vehicle for all of the ingredients, as will be apparent. The sifted wood-ashes form, in conjunction with the other elements, a kind of paste which will operate quickly to smother flames and check glowing embers by forming a shell or envelop thereon of non-combustible material. Itfurther operates to center or confine the lye at points upon which the fluid strikes and is held from running 011', which the lye alone would do, The lye, as above stated, operates to saponify any grease or oil with which it contacts and will assist the saponified mass, together with the other ingredients of the com pound,to penetrate the burning substance, and thus efiectively check and extinguish the fire. The sodium chlorid operates to soften the water and also to purity the firethat is to say, dispel or prevent the formation of smoke, the presence of which is always a source of danger to the firemen and, further, greatly impedes their work. All the ingredient-s therefore, as will be seen, combine to produce a unitary and beneficial result and in practice will be found to secure all of the objects sought.

When the lye and water alone are used as a germicide or a cleansing medium--such as for use on floors, streets, and the like-it is placed in the cuspidors of public buildings or sanitariums and by being renewed twice'in twenty-four houi s will efi'ectively destroy any germs deposited. W'here sprinkled upon the street, either on the sidewalk, in the roadway, or both, all germs present in sputum of persons afiicted with catarrh,pneumoniaconsumption, or other germ diseases will be effectively killed. The proportions of the ingredients herein stated are those th at have been found most efrective in use; but it is to be understood that I they may be varied, if found necessary or de- IOC not to be limited to the precise proportions stated.

Havingthus described the invention, what is claimed is concentrated lye 2. A composition of matter, consisting of the following ingredients substantially in the lli'ollUl'tlUnS specified by Weight, Water eight thousand pounds, sodium ehlorid seven hundred and lii'ty pounds, sifted wood-ashes five hundred pounds, concentrated lye, two liundred and fifty po 3. A composition of matter, consisting of water, sodium chlorid. sifted wood-ashes, (3oncentrated lye and ice, substantially in the pro portions specified.

4. A composition of matter, consisting of the following ingredients, Water eight thoul. A composition of matter, conslsting of 1 water, sodium chlorid, sifted wood-ashes and i send pounds, sodium chlorid, seven hundred and fifty pounds, sifted Wood-ashes, five hundred pounds, concentrated lye, two hundred and fifty pounds, and crushed ice, five hundred pounds.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aflixed my signature in,

the presence of tWo'Witnesses.

SALLIE TAYLOR BOYD.

Witnesses: 1

T. P: DICKINSON, WV. S. CARTWRIGHT. 

